A Federal Program of Voluntary Work Projects Is the Neatest Budget Vacation of All
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, September, 2003 by Carol Walt
If you like the outdoors and have an interest in history or conservation; if you're determined to take your children on an affordable but different sort of vacation with time for bonding and sharing; or if you would simply appreciate a vacation of learning and excitement in a safe and economical environment, then it's time to "cowboy up," as they say in Texas, and contact Passport in Time. PIT needs you. Who knows-perhaps you need PIT, too.
People of all ages, from all walks of life, can participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Passport in Time program, which matches volunteers with projects of historic preservation, conservation, restoration, and archaeology throughout the United States. A biannually published catalog of current PIT projects lists so many activities, you're sure to find one that strikes your fancy. They range from archaeology (my own ...
